The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Overview

Will you be the one who solves world hunger, discovers a new energy source, advances an important cause or finds a solution to a major environmental issue? The possibilities for your future are endless, but they all start at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Our tight-knit community rests within one of the most renowned universities in the nation. Our students are scientists, environmentalists, educators, entrepreneurs, inventors, and business leaders. Our work affects the food we consume, the ground we stand on, and the future of our very existence.

In CFAES, there are actually two campuses: Columbus and Wooster. Most first-year students start at Wooster, and the 4,000-acre campus there includes teaching and research facilities in greenhouses, a dairy farm, sheep and goat operation, equine, beef, swine, and farm operations (land lab). Tuition at Wooster is about 72 percent of the Columbus campus’s tuition.

Agricultural Degrees Offered

• Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Agricultural Communications
• Agricultural Systems Management
• Agriscience Education
• Animal Sciences
• Community Leadership
• Culinary Science
• Entomology
• Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability
• Environmental Policy and Decision Making
• Environmental Sciences
• Food Business Management
• Food Science and Technology
• Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
• Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife
• Meat Science
• Natural Resource Management
• Plant Health Management
• Plant Pathology
• Sustainable Plant Systems

Ohio State Student Farm

The Ohio State Student Farm is a 4-acre plot at the Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory. It is a space for Ohio State students of all identities and academic backgrounds to engage in learning, research, and collaborative projects. This space was created by students with the help of faculty of Horticulture and Crop Science and Engineering Education to empower themselves and future students to experience first-hand the present and future of sustainable agriculture and food justice. During the academic year, the Student Farm primarily operates as the Student Growing Collaborative. The SGC meets weekly for students to learn about and advocate for sustainable agriculture and food justice through workshops and events. This involves organizing educational events both for the Growing Collaborative itself and for the general student public.